Question : Swachh Survekshan, 2022

(a) whether the Government has conducted Swachh Survekshan, 2022 recently and if so, the details along with the objectives and salient features thereof;

(b) whether the Government has introduced two population categories - under 15,000 and between 15,000- 25,000 for the first time and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the criteria for selection of the cities and the details of indicators/parameters taken into consideration during the selection procedure;

(d) whether the Government proposes to make it an improved technological intervention by digital tracking of documents, geo-tagging of sanitation and waste management of facilities for better efficiency and QR code based citizens feedback for increased people outreach;

(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this direction; and

(f) the other steps taken/ being taken to make the Swachh Survekshan successful and to create awareness amongst all sections of the society for cleaner cities?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): The Government has launched Swachh Survekshan-2022 on 27th September 2021. Other than being an annual cleanliness survey, it is a tool to nudge cities to build systems and processes for improved sanitation outcomes.
Some of the key features of Swachh Survekshan-2022 includes focus on monuments/ parks associated with freedom movement; greater weightage to the voice senior citizens and young adults; increased citizen participation by way of expanding field validation from the current 40% of wards to 100% of wards of all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs); safety, well being and dignity of Safaimitras; district ranking introduced for the first time, circularity in waste management; use of digitisation and technology for efficiency of data management and transparency.

(b): Under Swachh Survekshan-2022, the two new categories introduced for ranking and award are :
- 15,000 – 25,000 population category
- Less than 15,000 population category

(c): The criteria for selection of the cities and details of indicators/ parameters taken into consideration for selection of ULBs for ranking is as given in Annexure-I. Details of the indicators is provided in the Swachh Survekshan-2022 toolkit available at the following link :

https://sbmurban.org/storage/app/media/pdf/ss_2022_toolkit.pdf

(d) & (e): Under Swachh Survekshan-2022 interventions like digital documentation, geo-tagging of facilities and Quick Response (QR) Code based citizen feedback has been initiated by
way of end-to-end use of SBM-U MIS portal ‘Swachhatam’, use of apps like “Swachhata Apps” and different digital intervention.

(f): Steps taken to create awareness amongst all sections of the society for cleaner cities in Swachh Survekshan-2022, include,
(i). Citizen-led engagement to clean, maintain & sustain the monuments/parks associated with freedom movement,
(ii). District ranking introduced to engage district administration in supporting smaller cities.
(iii). Empowering Citizens to validate the cleanliness status of city through the Swachhata App.
(iv). Digital/QR code-based citizens’ feedback introduced to increase outreach with Covid-19 Protocol, etc.
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